Economic regulation

Safety continues to improve on England’s Strategic Road Network but National Highways unlikely to meet challenging target

13 March 2025

Safety continues to improve on England’s motorways and major A-roads, but National Highways is unlikely to meet its main safety target set by government, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said today in its third annual assessment of safety on the strategic road network.

Periodic review of HS1 Ltd 2024 (PR24)

7 March 2025

Covering funding for the period from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2030, also known as control period 4 (CP4).

Channel Tunnel

26 February 2025

Information on the terms of access to the Channel Tunnel.

CP7 passenger train performance reset

20 February 2025

Our work on the CP7 performance reset, including links to consultations and other publications.

Annual assessments of Network Rail

11 February 2025

These documents are part of how we hold Network Rail to account.

Monitoring Network Rail's performance

3 February 2025

We monitor performance through analysis of regular reports from Network Rail.

Holding Network Rail to account

31 January 2025

How we hold Network Rail to account against the network licence.

National Highways licence monitoring and enforcement

30 January 2025

Our monitoring framework and enforcement policy for National Highways, and how we monitor the company’s performance and identify, escalate and resolve areas of concern.

Land disposal cases - condition 17 of Network Rail's licence

27 January 2025

Condition 17 of Network Rail's network licence safeguards against the inappropriate disposal of land assets.

Data quality independent reports

24 January 2025

Network Rail's network licence includes a condition providing for independent experts (reporters) to be appointed by the network operator (Network Rail), to provide ORR with advice on different aspects of Network Rail’s performance.

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